Official reveals involvement of governmental figures in controlling Iraqi trade markets

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP, Abd al-Hussein Abtan, of the Citizen Coalition and the member of the Economic Parliamentary Committee revealed the existence of merchants associated with corrupt governmental officials controlling the markets in Iraq.

Abtan stated to IraqiNews.com ”The Parliamentary Economic Committee have always assured that the development in Iraq can only be achieved with the private sector, though there are a control on the general trade in Iraq, yet it is not by the private sector influence.”

”There are some merchants imposing their control on markets by exploiting their relations with governmental officials,” he added.